User guide
Chapter 7 Make image adjustments 309
Convert a color image to black and white with a color tint
The Color Monochrome adjustment controls are useful when you want to perform a basic
conversion from color to black and white while simultaneously applying a color tint to the
image’s midtones.
Before Color Monochrome adjustment
After Color Monochrome adjustment
(applied blue tint)
Convert a color image to black and white and add a color tint
1 Select a photo.
2 If the Color Monochrome controls aren’t shown in the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments
pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Color Monochrome from the Add Adjustment pop-up menu,
and specify the following settings:
Use the Intensity slider and
value slider to adjust the
strength of the color tint
applied to the photo.
Click in the Color well
to select a color from
the Colors window.
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To choose a dierent tint color: Click the Color well and select a new tint color from the Colors
window, or click the disclosure button (to the right of the color well) and select a new tint
color from the pop-up color palette.
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To adjust the strength of the color tint applied to the image: Use the Intensity slider.
By default, the color intensity is set to the maximum value of 1.0, which is full desaturation and
maximum color tint.
The image is converted to black and white, with the selected color tint applied to the midtones.
You can also brush the Color Monochrome adjustment on specic areas of an image. For more
information, see Apply brushed adjustments on page 228.
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